Procontrol faderpack shows up as main unit in peripherals ID setting ?

[digigirly]

weird thing here.
After a some time of no use, my faderpack shows up as a main unit when I do a peripheral search.

i'm on PT8.03 OSX
YES the powersupply is fully working .
YES I tried the reset via shift/opt/F4

Faderpack follows normally when I do the mainunit>test> faders>sine , etc.
So there is certainly a good network connection.
In Peripherals the faderpack shows up under it's default name but there is "(procontrol main)" behind it.

Are there drivers installed than could be corrupted?
Should the ethernet address and ID have a specific number for the faderpack ?


thanks for watching.

[digigirly]

Anyone ?

[Delta Music Belgium]

I have seen similar problems, are you sure it is the same Fader Pack that did function normally before?

I ask this because I know that the identity of a ProControl Main Unit or Fader pack strangely enough is determined by a chip on the LED meter bridge PCB. If you swap the LED meter bridge PCB (the one with the 16 LED bars on it) you change the identity of the units.

So if you buy a second hand Fader Pack there is a risk the seller did use a meter bridge PCB from a Main Unit to service the Fader Pack and then the Fader Pack identifies itself it as a Main Unit. I also have seen big ProControl setups working without a Main Unit, just because one of the Fader Packs had the LED meter bridge PCB from an Main Unit, so Pro Tools saw it as a Main Unit.

Btw, in a Main Unit you can disconnect the entire right hand side PCB's of the unit (the PCB's with all the buttons and jog wheel + LED bars and counter PCB) and it still works as a Main Unit, but it will not work as a Fader Pack.

[digigirly]

Originally Posted by Delta Music Belgium

I have seen similar problems, are you sure it is the same Fader Pack that did function normally before?

I ask this because I know that the identity of a ProControl Main Unit or Fader pack strangely enough is determined by a chip on the LED meter bridge PCB. If you swap the LED meter bridge PCB (the one with the 16 LED bars on it) you change the identity of the units.

So if you buy a second hand Fader Pack there is a risk the seller did use a meter bridge PCB from a Main Unit to service the Fader Pack and then the Fader Pack identifies itself it as a Main Unit. I also have seen big ProControl setups working without a Main Unit, just because one of the Fader Packs had the LED meter bridge PCB from an Main Unit, so Pro Tools saw it as a Main Unit.

Btw, in a Main Unit you can disconnect the entire right hand side PCB's of the unit (the PCB's with all the buttons and jog wheel + LED bars and counter PCB) and it still works as a Main Unit, but it will not work as a Fader Pack.

Oops , a bit late but
Thanks for the response !
No luck with changing the meterbridge.